Read a full match report of the Championship match between AFC Bournemouth and
Nottingham Forest at Goldsands Stadium on Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Matty Fryatt and Britt Assombalonga maintained Nottingham Forest’s unbeaten start to the season and moved Stuart Pearce’s side to the top of the Championship table after bringing an end to Bournemouth’s positive start to the campaign.

Bournemouth had won their opening two league games and appeared to be on course for a third successive victory when Callum Wilson deservedly put the home side ahead in the 58th minute.

Forest had been outplayed up to that point but forced their way back into the game nine minutes later when Assombalonga benefited from a generous deflection to head his third goal in two games before Fryatt scored his first goal for the club to complete the comeback.

“I’m pleased for Matty Fryatt because he was asked to play a bit out of position in the second half but it was an excellent header,” said the Forest first-team coach, Brian Eastick. “And the goals will do Britt a lot of good. We like to think he will be a good signing. But we also think he can get a lot better.

“This was a very good victory and you have to give a lot of credit to Bournemouth. They played very well and will beat a lot of good teams here. I’ll be surprised if they are not in the top eight at the end of the season.

"They played through us in the first half but we changed things at half-time and that made us more compact.”

The outcome was cruel on a Bournemouth side that dominated for long periods but paid the price for failing to make more of the succession of chances that came their way, leaving Eddie Howe understandably frustrated.

“I don’t know how to explain that,” said the manager. “It was one of the strangest games I have been involved in. I am very pleased with the performance and delighted with the players.

“The two goals we conceded are disappointing but I can’t pick on the negatives as there were so many good things. Stuart said some nice comments after the final whistle but it doesn’t change how we feel. They rode their luck tonight.”

Inspired by Matt Ritchie, the right winger, Bournemouth completely dominated the opening 45 minutes without managing to establish the lead their play deserved.

In fact it took the home side almost an hour to make the breakthrough, although it would have been much sooner but for the efforts of the Forest keeper, Karl Darlow, who produced a number of fine saves to keep his side in contention.

Pearce made two changes at half-time in an attempt to stem the threat of Ritchie but the winger still managed to provide the cross that led to Wilson scrambling home after the ball broke loose.

That fired Forest into life and Assombalonga headed the 64th-minute equaliser from Andy Reid’s cross before Fryatt completed the comeback in the 72nd minute with a headed finish from Jack Hunt’s cross.